Learning to swim, again

Learning to swim, again

  “Are you ok?” Matt asked, I nodded, “sure?” he asked, I nodded again but I don’t think I was all that convincing! My chest was tightening making it harder and harder to swim.  We were on the far side of Coogee bay and it was my...
Vagueness & it’s place in guarding my dreams

Vagueness & it’s place in guarding my dreams

I’m going to start by going back, to a post I wrote in March 2015. “Time to stop lying” In January I will be moving to Australia. As I’m sure you can imagine I have been asked numerous times if I’ve got a job lined up or what I’m planning on...
Bungy jumping to freedom

Bungy jumping to freedom

And now 14 years later my older and wiser(?) self is stood with my toes curled over the edge of a bigger bungy jump. Not a physical one (this time!) but a mental and an emotional one as I step away from the security of a monthly salary and a 9-5 (ish) job to the unknown.

1 month down 2 months to go..

1 month down 2 months to go..

It’s now just under two months until the big day, and a month has passed since I started taking this training thing seriously. We have been out rowing as a crew and I have been showing my face more regularly at the gym, so how have we been getting on? We have...